A Brother's Promise

Expostion: 1 - Background

Nov 30, 1884

Annies's brother Geoffrey has been away at art school in Paris where he saw the Statue of Liberty. He is now home with his family for a break from school.

The Statue of Liberty

Period: Nov 30, 1884 to Oct 28, 1886

Exposition: 2 - Setting

Dec 1, 1884

New York City Annie's home

Expostion: 3 - Characters

Dec 1, 1884

Annie, an enthuiastic twelve year old girl
Geoffrey, Annie's 22 year old brother, fashionably dressed and now has a new mustache
Annie's mother and father

Exposition: 4 - Conflict

Dec 1, 1884

Annie's dad is reading the newspaper and learns that the statue may be returned to France if money is not raised for the pedestal so it can be placed in the harbor in New York. They discuss that the torch came over to the US for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia July of 1876. It was later moved in 1877 to NYC and placed in Madison Square.

Rising Action:1

Dec 1, 1884

Later that day, Annie and her brother go to see the statue. They share memories of the first time of tthey had gone to the statue together. They looked through Geoffrey's spyglass at the city.
Annie had a feeling that something terrrible was going to happen.

Rising action: 2

Dec 1, 1884

Annie and Geoffrey make a pact to return to the spot where the statue will stand when it is completed.
Geoffrey winked at her.

Rising action: 3

Nov 10, 1885

Annie comes home with the exciting news that the statue will be coming to the U.S. as soon as enough money is collected.
Annie pledges to earn money to donate to the fund.
Her mom tells her that Geoffrey was killed in an accident in Germany.
Annie receives a box with Geofrey's beautiful spyglass ..

Rising action: 4

Dec 12, 1885

Annie sells her brother's spyglass and sends a letter to Mr. Pulitzer, the publisher of the New York World newspaper, telling him she wishes to donate money to the fund in Geoffrey's memory.

Climax

Dec 20, 1885

The newspaper publishes Annie's letter.

Falling Action: 1

Dec 26, 1885

The letter causes people to send donations to the fund.

Falling action: 2

Feb 14, 1886

Joseph Pulitzer announces that there is enough money to build the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty.

Falling action: 3

Oct 28, 1886

Annie and her family go to the ceremony at Bedloe Island.
Joseph Pulitzer calls Annie from the crowd and returns her spyglass to her.

Resolution: 1

Oct 28, 1886

Annie and her parents go take the ferry to the statue, but her parents encouraged her to go up to the torch by herself.

Resoluton: 2

Oct 28, 1886

Annie looks out over the city and describes the view to Geoffrey.
When she was on her way home she looks at the torch as it was lit and believes that it winked at her from across the waters of the harbor.